Charles Tait

Charles Tait (1 February 1768-7 October 1835) was a US Senator from Georgia from 27 November 1809 to 4 March 1819, succeeding John Milledge and preceding John Elliott. He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Charles Tait was born in Hanover, Virginia in 1768, and he moved to Georgia in 1783 with his parents. He was a French professor at Cokesbury College from 1789 to 1794, and he became a lawyer in 1795. He served as a circuit court judge from 1803 to 1809, when he was appointed to finish John Milledge's unexpired US Senate term, and he would serve until 1819. From 1820 to 1826, he served as a federal judge in Alabama, living in Claiborne. He died in Monroe County, Alabama in 1835.